Gryphondale Studios Blog

As Managing Editor and Founder of Designing Music NOW, most of my writing can be found at DesigningMusicNOW and also as a Gamasutra. Here are link to some of the articles I have written on various topics on game audio. Reviews – Sample libraries such by such...

“The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology.” – Edgar Bronfman, Jr. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke Introduction Welcome...

“The days of pure pencil-and-paper music composition are gone for good. If we wish to compose music in modern times, we must be able to navigate the wonderful world of computers and technology.” – Winifred Phillips, “A Composer’s Guide to Game Music”...

“But I’m just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood” – Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, and Sol Marcus “To be great is to be misunderstood” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Introduction Imagine you are a proud...